EYE - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Verb
look at
Categories: Look
📖 Fun Facts About Eye
- • An eye is the part of your body that lets you see the world around you.
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Noun
good discernment (either visually or as if visually)
Example: she has an eye for fresh talent; he has an artist's eye
Categories: Sagacity, Sagaciousness, Judgment, Judgement, Discernment
Meaning 3
Part of speech: Noun
attention to what is seen
Example: he tried to catch her eye
Categories: Attention, Attending
Meaning 4
Part of speech: Noun
a small hole or loop (as in a needle)
Example: the thread wouldn't go through the eye
Categories: Hole
Synonyms
Oculus, Eyeball, Middle, Center, Heart
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "eye" comes from Old English ēage. It started in Old English ēagan. Then it appeared in Middle English eyen. Later, people used it in Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-. After that, it was Proto-Germanic *augô. Over time, it became Proto-West Germanic *augā. Finally, it reached Old English ēage. It started in Middle English eye. Many other languages have similar words:.
- Scots: ee
- West Frisian: each
- Dutch: oog
- German: Auge
- Danish: øje
- Norwegian Bokmål: øye
- Norwegian Nynorsk: auga
- Swedish: öga
- Latin: oculus
- Lithuanian: akìs
- Old Church Slavonic: око
- Albanian: sy
- Ancient Greek: ὀφθαλμός
- Armenian: ակն
- Avestan: 𐬀𐬱𐬌
- Sanskrit: अक्षि
🔗 Related Words
oculus – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
Each language in this chain added phonetic changes that transformed the original sound.